On
Thursday 3 May 2012 Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam will host ‘Let me know the rules
so I can ignore them’, an exhibition of the artist Laser 3.14.

The
artist will bring the street to W+K ,presenting
an installation of his new work, which consists of framed prints, steel shields
and handwork on wood panels.

Hailing
from Amsterdam, Laser 3.14’s passion for graffiti began in the 80’s, evolving
into sketching and producing comics, illustrating, and writing poetry. Towards
the end of the 90’s he ran into an artistic impasse and felt the need to
re-ignite a creative spark he felt had been lost. As a result, he went back to
his roots; graffiti writing. It was at this point he began to utilise the city
as his canvas, and turned his poetry into street art.

Laser
said, "I see no difference between
the city and the work that I add to its walls. The only distinction is that my
work is consciously visible to the public while the poetry of the city is not
accessible to everyone."

Wieden+Kennedy is an independent, creatively led
advertising agency that creates strong and provocative relationships
between good companies and their consumers.

Founded in 1992, the Amsterdam office is a
truly international agency purposefully built to produce global
and pan-European campaigns. Clients include Coca-Cola, Levi’s,
Heineken, GE, Nike, Electronic Arts, P&G, BASF, Beeline and
ESPN. W+K Amsterdam was recently named the world's most awarded
advertising agency in 2011 by The Gunn Report.

Blind men rule us
who are in deaf in one ear and refuse
the hear with the other
Everything they touched made the world
stand still
All their unnatural ideals made society
ill
And repression followed

He who is right will be branded wrong
From refugee to tyranny
Asylum for the theocratic despots
and demographic disasters followed

We are all cut and gutted by the sharp
edges of naivety
Deprived of all sense, reason, logic and
rationality

All the swindling maniacs can count a stay
out of jail card
But the common man on the street will fined and bullied
Until his dignity falls to shards
And discontent follows

We are forced into this senseless
imperialism and its bleak destiny
And a great depression followed

Those who allow it to happen are just as
guilty as the perpetrators
Those who refuse to take action are
sailing that same boat
No escape for those who bow for tyranny
Well try they can:
There’s no escape for the docile man

maandag 16 april 2012

zondag 15 april 2012

Can I come in?
I know we haven’t seen each other in years but can I come in?
There are people out there who hate for hating
Who discard love like a snake sheds its skin
The shadows force me in
Can I come in?

No I’m not a black-eyed dog scratching at your door
Yet I’m no longer that little boy pulling himself up the wall
glancing over the brim
Can I come in?

It’s warm in here
Warmer than I remember
I love what you’ve done with the room

No milk no sugar
No I can’t recollect all my sins
Thank you for letting me in
I’ll be gone before the early morning bell tolls
The early church bell rings

No diamond is worth your soul
An ego can only stretch so far
The halo cracked
The pavement shrieked
All these discrepancies make us weak

The liver couldn’t purge all the poison
The mind couldn’t refresh everything
Life such a medicine show filled with quacks
I’ve seen joy spiralling down the sink

We are down here by proxy
Made out of stardust and other things
Or will you let your teeth sink in?
Anyway:
Thanks for letting me in

In my head runs rampant the Minotaur

But believe me:

It was either this or the razor

We wanted to make a series about Laser 3.14 how it never is done. In a mysterious and creative way. Portraying him in his surroundings day and night.

Him, his work, our spontaneous moments and ideas. Trying to get people to think they know a lot more, but actually they don't. It's still a secret. The photographs are a secret about a secret. It tells a story, but leaves also something for your imagination. And of course Laser's awesome work in different ways.

But beware there never was an
omnipotent plan

So when you feeling it sliding up
your gullet

You better stand your ground

And walk proud

maandag 2 april 2012

Buyers beware: The Dutch have always prided themselves with being
open-minded, benign, smart, democratic and having the virtue of freedom
of speech

But ever since the emergence of Pim Fortuyn that
image has been shamelessly dragged through the sludge. There's a
large group that will willingly and openly create an atmosphere where
murder can and will happen. There's a large group of so called "do gooders" who are willing to murder or let murder happen.

This group is not benign (even though they present themselves as being
benign) nor are they open minded, nor are they smart, or even
understanding the virtue of democracy and even more the virtue of
freedom of speech.

I myself always believed in an open forum
that cut both ways. Which means that in this open forum one should
always objectively listen to what people have to say without going into a
fit. Cause even the voices you might not agree upon might be right.